I had such a tough 1st semester back in college this summer & became homeless because of domestic abuse & then found my new apartment. As a result, my performance in school was very poor. She gave me a "D" instead of an "F" since she knew I tried the hardest I could under the pressure I was under.
It's like trying to lift weights & the more you try to lift, the harder it gets. I'm making an analogy of lifting weights to handling stress.
2007-08-01 18:22:46 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
I have been in the teaching profession and sometimes have awarded students with grades based upon their determination and their learning process and not just on the quality that they are able to process. This is usaully done with my average students. The more effort they put in and the more they learn which maybe is not comparable to those gifted for being geniuses....i mean the amount that they learn from the work they put in froms my criteria of grades for them. So if you come into my class with less amount of knowledge than some you can still pull your grades up based upon what additional knowledge you could get from doing work in my class, even in the end it is not up to the standard of an A grade....you will have the chance to get B, C and D.
But from what you say I can say that your professor has made a fair judgement for you and she or he is a good educator.
2007-08-01 18:33:00 · answer #1 · answered by soundfamiliar 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would hope not, since we need to be fair. I've been a professor for 30 years, and I will occasionally bump students up to the next grade if I look at the overall distribution of grades and realize that they are lower than they should be, but I won't bump up some individuals and not others who took the same class. I can't tell who put effort into something and who didn't. Often the person who asks questions and came to my office is just less shy than someone else who may have spent more time studying.
2016-05-20 22:53:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure she meant well, but I'm not sure she did you any favors by giving you a grade other than the one you earned. For one thing, grades are supposed to be a reflection of the work you do, not of the person you are. Apparently she knew about the pressures in your life, but perhaps someone else in the class was under just as many pressures and she didn't know about it. Your "D" would be unfair to that person, who would have to take the "F" simply because of the teacher's lack of knowledge about his/her personal life. That just isn't ethical teaching. I'm not unsympathetic to your bad circumstances, but the way to handle it isn't to give you a grade you didn't earn. Not only are you likely to think someone else who acted appropriately is unfair, but she has ruined her own credibility.
Secondly, since a D is not a passing grade in most places, I'm not sure how this was much of a favor to you. If you had an F on your record, someone might think that you forgot to drop a class you never attended or something, but if you got a D, it is obvious that you just performed poorly. An F has to be retaken, which can mean that in the long run, your GPA turns out fine. With a D, it can be hard to retake and your GPA is destroyed in the long run.
The way she should have handled this was to give you more time to turn in assignments, or to allow you to take the exam at times when you weren't under too much stress. Sorry, but I think that what she did was no favor to either of you.
2007-08-01 19:00:55 · answer #3 · answered by neniaf 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
TayTay is dumb, lol. She mentioned it was a FEMALE. Haha.
2007-08-01 18:54:53 · answer #4 · answered by RAWR. 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
she sure is but most are.
2007-08-01 18:26:19 · answer #5 · answered by razorblade romance 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it sound like he's tryin get in your pants
2007-08-01 18:26:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 6⤋